Golf-tee.



E. 0. SMITH.

GOLF TEE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. so, 1913.

1,103,091, Patented July 14, 1914 wh z/K nnnns'r c. srrni, or noosrcnratns, new no RIF-TEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented duly 1d, 121%..

Application filed August sonata. rial-c. acacia .the beginning of play for each hole.

Theobject of the invention is toprovide the player with impr'ovedmeans for constructing such a seat from material carried with him, as distinguished from constructi-ng the tee from sand or like'materia l, a

supply of which is located adjacent the place where the tees are to be constructed.

The invention contemplates a golf tee con-.

structed from a paper sheet'and a packet containing a supply of paper" sheets, properly formed for this pur ose.

1n the accompanying rawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a golf tee of a form provided by the invention; Fig.2 is a plan view showing the form of a paper sheetwhich may be used for constructing the tee shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan view of a packet containing asupply of sheets of the form illustrated in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is an end view of the packet shown in Fig.3. W

- The 011' tee provided .by the invention prefera ly takes the form ofa hollow truncated cone, 10 formed from a paper sheet. In the use of the device the larger end-of the cone will rest upon the ground as at 11, Fig. 1. The smaller end of the cone provides an-annular seat 12 forthe ball, as 13.

The tee illustrated at10 in Fig. 1, is conveniently produced from a paper sheet, 14, having the form illustrated in Fig.'-2. As shown this sheet has parallel sides, 15, 16, curved about a common centenand has its ends, as 17, 18, constructed for hooked engagement.

cone and the ends or the sheet are connects by slipping the end of the tongue, 24), into Preferably one of. the ends, as 17, of the sheet 14, is provided with a transverse slot, 19. When formed in this way,

I the slot, 19. The sheet, I14, is preferably made of soft paper in order thatit may not interfere with the movement of the ball or the construction of but a single tee, which tee will be destroyed in use.

In order that sheets of the form represented at 14 in Fig. 2, may be readily available, they are conveniently supplied in packets, as 22 (Figs. 3 and 4). Mostdesirably these packets are of a form which may be in automatic vending machines, if desired. As shown, the packet, 22, is of book form, having front and rear covers, 23 24. A plurailty of sheets, 25, are bound between the covers, 23, 24. The sheets 25, and the covers 23, 24,'are secured together along one .ede by means of any convenient form of bining, a plurality of staples, 26, passed throughthe sheets and covers being shown for simplicity of illustration. Eac of the sheets, 25, com rises an outer portion having the for-mot one of thesheets, 14, and an inner portion or stub, 27. To permit the outer portion to foruse, the sheet line, 28, indicating the outer end of the stub portion-27. The-tearing of the sheet along the perforated line 28, serves to prov de the inner edge 15 of the part 14 with serrations of the form indicated at 29, Fig. 2. The seat 12 provided for the ball 13 by rolling the sheet. to a truncated cone, is accordingly rendered yielding and readily conforms to the outline of theball.

The number oil sheets, 25, in the packet 22, willpreierably be determined by the length of the course at which the teas are intended to be used and will usuallybe nine or a .multi 1c of nine.

1 c aim as my invention,

1. A sheet for constructing a golf tee in the form of a hollow truncated cone comprising a stub and a strip having curved sides and ends of complementary hooked shape, the said two parts heing connected upon a perforated line coincident with one of the curved sides of-the strip.

2. A packet for constructing golf? tees in from a paper strip adapted for sale in vending machines and the hire comprising a plurality oi sheets bound together along one edge in book to each sheet consisting of a stub and a strip having curved sides and club, it being intended that it shall serve for Gilt conveniently carried in the pocket and sold be conveniently removed is ruled on a perforated too the form of a-hollow truncated cone made are ends of complementary hooked shape, the said two parts of each sheet being connected upon a perforated line coincident with one of the curved sides of the strip.

3. A packet forvconstructing golf tees in the form of a hollow truncated cone madefrom a paper strip adapted for sale in vending machines and the like comprising a plurality of sheets and a pair of covers bound together along one edge in book form each of the said sheets consisting of a stub and a strip having curved sides and ends of comforated line coincident with one of the 1 curved sides of the strip.-

ERNEST C. SMITH.

Witnesses:

STANLEY WOOD, GRACE R. KEACH. 

